This last sovereign of Madagascar sought to build a new brick palace, also called Masoandro, with four square corner towers and a higher central tower modelled on the French Residence of Antananarivo.

It is a brick palace set in a park, built in the style of French Neo-renaissance.

Under the ownership of Sir Thomas Lovell it was extended to become a brick palace sufficient to receive the court on progress; Lovell also contributed to the clerestory and glazing of Enfield parish church.

And for those Seattle residents staring at Amazon's big brick palace while stuck in traffic that is not supposed to exist in the city often labeled the nation's most livable, the new economy is a decidedly mixed blessing.

The brick palace in the center of town is still the home of his family and is not open to the public.

The brick palace jogged into view ahead.

Flanking the brick palace with its broad-lintelled, latticed windows and nine-story tower is the raised brick square of Basantapur Chowk, where the royal elephants were once kept and where curio dealers now spread their wares.

Dramatic if largely unadorned, this 1752 brick palace is the last remnant of the Ahom's pre-Sivasagar capital.

This elegant three-story brick palace has been specifically renovated to house one of the largest known private collections of ancient and modern paintings, the property of the German industrialist Baron von Thyssen-Bornemizsa.

This brick palace influenced by Chinese architecture, later also called the Third Palace of Genghis Khan or Yesui Khatun's palace, is where Genghis Khan stayed with Yesui Khatun before attacking the Tangut in 1226.